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Ex-CIA Director Brennan: Officials should refuse to fire Mueller if asked to by Trump
CNN ^ | 07/24/2017 | By Barbara Starr,

Posted on 07/24/2017 7:38:19 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Former CIA Director John Brennan says government officials should refuse orders to fire special counsel Robert Mueller if they are told to by the White House.

"I think it's the obligation of some executive branch officials to refuse to carry that out. I would just hope that this is not going to be a partisan issue. That Republicans, Democrats are going to see that the future of this government is at stake and something needs to be done for the good of the future," Brennan told CNN's Wolf Blitzer at the Aspen Security Forum.

Brennan was appearing with former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and both men, who served in the Obama administration, told Blitzer they have total confidence in Mueller. "Absolutely. It was an inspired choice- they don't come any better, " Brennan said. He added that "If Mueller is fired, I hope our elected reps will stand up and say enough is enough."

Clapper again warned publicly about Russian interference in US affairs. He was asked about the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower that Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort had with a Russian lawyer and others.

"I'm an old school, Cold War warrior and all that -- so I have, there's truth in advertising, great suspicions about the Russians and what they do. A lot of this to me had kind of the standard textbook tradecraft long deployed by Russians," Clapper said. "It would have been a really good idea maybe to have vetted whoever they were meeting with."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: brennan; cia; mueller; russia
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To: tumblindice

I think he should receive legal warning that he is risking arrest for sedition.


41 posted on 07/24/2017 8:31:38 PM PDT by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: ExSES

Why not Niagara Falls?


42 posted on 07/24/2017 8:36:58 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: hal ogen

Well yeah Commie Brennan voted for Gus Bell Chairman of the Communist Party for President.

Bell spent time in prison for conspiring to overthrow the US government. So we have Brennan channeling his inner Gus Bell.


43 posted on 07/24/2017 8:38:02 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel

Gus Hall.


44 posted on 07/24/2017 8:40:06 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: SeekAndFind

Sez the muzzie mole....


45 posted on 07/24/2017 8:44:03 PM PDT by clintonh8r (AMERICA! THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY SCREEN NAME OBSOLETE!)
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To: McGruff

John Brennan is an evil man.


46 posted on 07/24/2017 8:44:30 PM PDT by henkster (Ask your favorite liberal to take the "Snowflake Challenge.")
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To: GnuThere

Brennan spewing taqqiah


47 posted on 07/24/2017 8:45:15 PM PDT by thinden
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To: 17th Miss Regt

Right. LoL. I get the names confused sometimes with the major league baseball player of old Gus Bell.


48 posted on 07/24/2017 8:45:37 PM PDT by Red Steel
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And that’s only what he has to say...


49 posted on 07/24/2017 8:49:30 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Could a concurrent investigation be initiated with a different special counsel into Democrat, Hillary, et al. corruption?


50 posted on 07/24/2017 8:50:33 PM PDT by kanawa (Trump Loves a Great Deal)
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To: SeekAndFind
All of this points to a very basic problem. The technological ability to invade privacy and to surveil whomever one wants has advanced to the point at which the ‘intelligence’ agencies have become the scariest and in some ways most powerful players in our nation. This has also made them even more arrogant than they were in the days of J. Edgar Hoover - who at least was reportedly a patriot.

If we want to put the genie back in the bottle there are going to have to be big changes. I would start with predetermined penalties for leaking information to the press - with the minimum being a 3 year prison sentence and loss of all present and future security clearance. Perpetuation of false narratives in order to affect an election or to subvert the agenda of a duly elected US official should carry a minimum 5 year prison sentence, with significantly more depending upon the nature of the subversion. Those are just for starters. I would also make it an imperative that any involvement of intelligence agency officials in politics be forbidden, punishable by immediate dismissal, loss of any pension earned, and possible prison. The intelligence agencies are supposed to work for us, not determine our government.

51 posted on 07/24/2017 9:12:16 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: SeekAndFind
Former CIA Director John Brennan says government officials should refuse orders to fire special counsel Robert Mueller if they are told to by the White House.

"I would just hope that this is not going to be a partisan issue. "Brennan told CNN's Wolf Blitzer at the Aspen Security Forum.[So says Jihad Johnnie, dripping in hypocrisy].

And here comes Tweedle Dum & Tweedle Dee.

Brennan was appearing with former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and both men, who served in the Obama administration, told Blitzer they have total confidence in Mueller.


52 posted on 07/24/2017 9:32:05 PM PDT by henbane
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To: SeekAndFind

SEDITION!!!! He needs to be in PRISON!


53 posted on 07/25/2017 4:23:48 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Mueller is the only person standing between Brennon and treason charges.


54 posted on 07/25/2017 4:49:34 AM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: SeekAndFind

And you Mr. Brennan should STFU.


55 posted on 07/25/2017 6:15:40 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: SeekAndFind

It is frightening to me that these two are discussing this in a televised public forum.

Just like we have a congresscritter Gutierrez publicly calling for Trumps elimination.

They have no respect for the man or his office, and they have no fear of the law.


56 posted on 07/25/2017 8:41:21 AM PDT by Freedom56v2 (Inside Every Liberal is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out - D. Horowitz)
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To: SeekAndFind

Sez the guy who voted for the Communist candidate for president in 1975..


57 posted on 07/25/2017 9:29:55 AM PDT by clintonh8r (AMERICA! THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY SCREEN NAME OBSOLETE!)
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